Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Educational Technology